Non-refillable bottle.



No. 650,282. Patented May 22,` |900.

- .1. L. TAYLon.

\ NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application le i Dec. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. TAYLOR, OF BOZMAN, MONTANA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,282, dated May 22,1900. Application filed December 29, 1899. Serial No. 741,984. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern: p Be it known that I, JOHN L. TAYLOR, acitizen of the United States, residing at Bozeman, in the county ofGallatin and State of ful Improvements in N on-Reillable Bottles;

and I do declare the following to be a full,"

clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable othersskilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in non-refillablebottles; and it consists in the provision of a stopper which ispreferably made up of two sections carrying a suitable valve, saidstopper adapted when adjusted in place within the neck of a bottle to besecurely locked therein, thus making it impossible to remove the samewithout destroying the neck of the bottle.

More specifically the invention resides in the provision of astopper-locking device for bottles in which the neck of the bottle isinternally threaded and provided with pockets in its inner walls whichare provided to hold balls which pass through an aperture in thethreaded cork or stopper as the latter is be-V ing screwed into placewithin the neck and after the stopper has been screwed down the ballswhich are held in said pockets adapted to roll out of said pockets andinto pockets in the circumference of the stopper, in which they arepermanently held and from which they are prevented from escaping bymeans of the peculiar shape of the pocket, a portion of each ballextending outside of the stopper and coming in contact with the innerwall of 'the neck, thus making it impossible to turn the stopper ineither direction and necessitating the breaking of the neck of thebottle if it is desired to remove the stopper.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the sameconsists, further, in the novel construction, combination, andadaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part of thisapplication, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicatelike parts vthroughout both views, in which- Montana, have inventedcertain new and uset Figure 1 is a central vertical section through `abottle having a stopper embodying my intions one above the other, butpreferably on opposite sides of the neck, are the pockets G and D, whichare adapted to receive the balls E while the stopper F is being screweddown into its proper position. The stopper F is made up of twosectionsand is threaded about its circumference, so as to screw into the threadsof the neck.` The lower end F of the stopper has threaded connectionwith the up-v per part, and the adjacent ends of the sections of thestopper are hollowed out and tapered to receive a valve H. This valve His held 'seated by means of the ball K, as shown in the drawings, andleading from the upper end oi' said stopper centrally is an aperture orduct which opens through the circumference of the stopper at the point Land then turns at an angle and communicates with the hollowed-out ortapered portion in which said valve is seated. Through thisirregularshaped duct the liquid from the bottle is adapted to pass inemptying the bottle. When the bottle is inverted, the valve will beopened to allow the liquid to pass by the same; but when the bottle isright side up the valve is held seated by means of the ballbearingdescribed.

In order to lock the stopper within the neck of the bottle, the twoballs E and E are employed. One of said balls is inserted in theaperture or duct in the upper end of the stopper after the same ispartially screwed into the neck a suliicient distance, so that theoutlet of said duct will come opposite the upper pocket D in the innerwall of the neck. When in this position, the ball will roll out of theduct and into said pocket.

' pockets Q having outwardly and upwardly thef'stepper. When the ballshave left the extending walls come opposite said pockets,

said balls, which have been previously held" in the pocketsof Vthe neck,,will roll downthe inclined surface of thepockets. in the. neck and intothe pockets Q. These pockets Q are l claim to be new, and desiretosecureby Letters Patent, isw Y,

l.A A non-refillable bottle, having an internallythreaded neck, astopper with duct throughsam e, andhaving-a threaded circumference,balls adapted to be seated in pockets in the inner wall of the neck,while the stopperfis being screwed in place, said balls designed to rollinto retaining-pockets in the circumference of the stopper, and preventthe latter from uil-screwing, as set forth. l. 2.. Avnonrefillablebottle, comprising an internally-threaded neck having an integralslightly shallower thanV the diameter of thapertured disk at its lowerend, astopperwith balls, so that the latter will extend out a shortvdistance Vbeyond the circumference of pockets ofthe neck androll'ed intothcpock- 'etsin the stopper F and it is attempted to unscrew the`stopper, the projecting portions of the locking-balls will come in contact with the-inner threaded wall of the neck, and' it' will beimpossible to remove the stopper without first breaking the neck'. Asthe bottle cannot be refilled without first removing the cork 'orstopper, the bottle is rendered useless "f foraiseeond filling. Vhen thestopper is in place, its lower end comes adjacent to or against theapertured disk at the base of the neck and the aperture in the lower endof saidstqppergregisters with the aperture in the disk Iv portiprroftheneck.

'Froin the foregoing it will be observed thatv as thebottle is held inits normal position the' valve is held seated, but as the bottle isinverted the ball falls by gravity into the V- shaped lend ofthevalvechamber and the valve,'falling back, will allow the liquid to jpass by one side of the valve and through the ducthin the stopper.

Valve therein, agduct leading through said stopper, pockets with Haringwalls Ain the inporarilyl hold locking-balls, Vthe stopper havingretaining-pockets intoy which said balls are designed to roll when thepockets come together on opposite sides, as described nand for thepurpose set forth. A Y

3. In combination witha bottle having inl ternally-threaded neck, thelocking-balls, the 'sectional and threaded stopper, pockets in the innercircumference of the neck anat outer circumference of said neck, thelower section of the stopper having threaded lconnection i with theupper section, the adjacent end 's-y of 2 the stopper-sections beingrecessed onttoform i a valve-chamber, a valve seated therein and a -ballresting on said valve and duct, as described. Y

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presencel of two witnesses.ff

JOHN L. TAYLOR'.

Witnesses: y

1E. SHIPMAN, J.'M. CLARK.

ner wall of the threaded neck designedlto temi 'i lHavingthus'descrbedmyinvention, what

